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= Tribotecc (Company) =

Tribotecc GmbH is an Austrian manufacturer of metal sulfides. They are used as functional additives in brake linings, clutch linings, lubricants, polymers, sintering, abrasives, batteries and other applications. According to Tribotecc, it has the largest capacity worldwide to produce special, application-specific metal sulfides.

History
Tribotecc GmbH goes back to Bleiberger Bergwerks Union AG, founded in 1867, which had its headquarters in Bleiberg in Carinthia and an additional industrial site in Arnoldstein near Villach. From 1926 to 1989, the operational divisions of Bleiberger Bergwerks Union were spun off into several limited liability companies, including BBU Chemie Ges.m.b.H (later Chemetall Ges.m.b.H), which were sold in the following years and still form the basis of the Arnoldstein Euro Nova park today. In 2004 Chemetall Ges.m.b.H was sold to Rockwood Specialties, Inc. In 2012 Chemetall Ges.m.b.H was renamed Tribotecc GmbH. In 2015, Rockwood Specialties, Inc. was sold to Albemarle Corporation. In 2016, today's Tribotecc GmbH was acquired by Treibacher Industrie AG. Even today the production of Tribotecc GmbH still takes place in the Arnoldstein plant.

In autumn 2019, Stefan Greimel succeeded Christoph Herzeg, who was appointed Magistrate Director of the City of Villach, as Managing Director.

Group Structure
Tribotecc GmbH is a subsidiary of Treibacher Industrie AG and Treibacher Industrieholding, both owned by the private foundations of the Schaschl family, the former Managing Director of Wienerberger AG, and Rauch, the owner of Rauch fruit juices.

Products

 * Synthetic metal sulfides
 * Synthetic multiphase metal sulfides
 * Synthetic solid lubricants based on synthetic metal sulfides
 * Natural metal sulfides
 * Metal powder
 * Complex chlorides
 * Natural metal sulfides
 * Metal powder
 * Complex chlorides
 * Complex chlorides
 * Complex chlorides

Tribotecc products are used in friction materials (brake, clutch and industrial linings), lubricants, polymers (for mechanically highly stressed and moving components), abrasives, in electronics (photovoltaics, batteries) and in sinter metallurgy (sintered components).

Locations

 * Arnoldstein: Production, Tribological Competence Centre, R&D
 * Vienna: distribution, raw material purchasing
 * Shanghai: Sales Office

Awards & Prizes
In 2006 the company, then still operating under the name Chemetall Ges.m.b.H, won the Innovation and Research Award of the Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund in the category "Large Enterprises" with its project "Synergetic Solid Lubricant Systems". In the course of the year 2006, the company was also nominated for the Austrian State Prize for Innovation[6].

In 2018, Tribotecc was awarded the Coat of Arms of Carinthia and received a prize as "state-awarded training company" for outstanding achievements in apprentice training and apprenticeship management. In addition, since the company occupies a leading and generally respected position in this branch of industry, it was entitled in accordance with § 68 GewO to use the Coat of Arms of Austria in business transactions.

In November 2018, Tribotecc won the Innovation and Research Award of the Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund in the category of large enterprises. The winning project, "functional fibres", was also nominated for the State Prize for Innovation, where it was among the best 6 nominees.

In 2019, the company was awarded the Primus Business Award in the category "Hidden Champions".